Archives for February 16, 2004

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Stressful men should cut the coffee

Stress creeps up in the workplace in parallel to the quantity of coffee breaks, finds new research on caffeine handled by researchers in the UK.

Soybean oil enters into trans fat free zone

Traditional breeding methods have come up with a new soybean oil to beat the darling of the Mediterranean cuisine - olive oil - on the heart healthy stakes of monounsaturated fats.

EU extends PCB list?

In a bid to reassure the European Parliament after a recent study alerted the world to levels of cancer-causing toxins present in farmed salmon, Europe's head of consumer safety stressed to politicians that Europe's food chain is safe. But EFSA...

Food policy based on risk, not culture

Food risk will be a defining issue of a 21st century marked by globalisation and foodborne illness. Safety experts gathered at the weekend in the US to examine new methods to minimise risk.